Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
9:00 am
Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The allocation for commissions of investigation has increased substantially from €2 million in 2015 to €3.4 million in 2016. Some members of the committee were involved in the banking inquiry which sat for almost two years. Does the allocation for commissions of investigation represent value for money? A figure is not provided for the cost of the Fennelly commission, while the figure provided for the Guerin report is €157,000. In light of the report by Mr. Justice O'Higgins, which contradicted the Guerin report, was the €157,000 cost of the Guerin report money well spent?
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